by Mwendwa Kivuva | Mar 31, 2022 | Cyber-bullying, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post, Privacy
On 29th March 2022, KICTANet and Meta convened a stakeholder engagement bringing together various civil society groups to discuss emerging concerns on the use of social media in the upcoming 2022 elections. This was a hybrid event with over 70 online and physical...
by Mwendwa Kivuva | Jul 29, 2020 | Cyber-bullying, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post
If I died today, I would probably have a pretty long eulogy with no pictures of my childhood, teenage life, or even my youth to back it up. Does a beautiful story with no proof, rings a bell? I can barely remember the last time I had high self-esteem when it comes to...
by Mwendwa Kivuva | Jul 22, 2020 | Cyber-bullying, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post
By Jeridah Adayi. My sister called me and went like, you what have you done on Facebook?” Not suspecting anything unusual, I answered casually with a chuckle, “Now what? I told you to stop stalking me online.” When I post something on social media, my sister will...
by Mwendwa Kivuva | Jul 6, 2020 | Cyber-bullying, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post
By Catherine Amayi, If you think that online bullying is a preserve of the rich and famous and that the average internet user is immune to cyberbullying, you better think again. I learned the hard way about how wrong I was on this particular subject the day I fell...
by Mwendwa Kivuva | May 29, 2020 | Cyber-bullying, Highlights, kictanet post
By Cecilia Maundu As the world struggles with the issue of Covid-19 most people have been forced to work from home. This has in turn seen a lot of people being online. According to Kenya’s top telecoms operator, Safaricom has seen a 70% surge in data usage as people...
by Mwendwa Kivuva | Jun 3, 2019 | Cyber-bullying, Highlights, kictanet post
By Cecilia Maundu. Just because it’s online does not make it any less real. Online gender based violence has become the order of the day in Kenya. More often than not, people choose not to speak about it because it is regarded“virtual” hence not “real” violence. But...
